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Not to start an argument but does Turkey produce anything purely indigenous when it comes to the firearms market? It seems like everything Turkey makes on that front are just modified copies of other guns.

How has a rogue commander not ordered some strategic killings of the enemy forces to send a message yet? We had less tolerance for Russian interference in Azerbaijan when they tried to screw with our internal affairs and we literally border them, have a substantial Russian minority and were...

Assad is an asshole but Ilay is right that Turkey will probably need to accept that he is staying there for the foreseeable future if the refugees are to be returned. Unless you have the balls to outright invade Syria and depose him, get used to it.

There's a major difference between legal immigration and illegals flooding in across the border or refugees being given temporary protection with the expectation that they will go back eventually. I think modern propaganda has rotted people's brains too much with the "OMG deporting people is...

But the thing is that Anadolu was only recently repurposed as a drone carrier and it was originally meant for something considerably more powerful.

I can see some use in mercenaries but you don't want proxies having more combat experience than your actual army. Proxies are there to get chewed up by enemy machine guns while your guys sneak round the side and stab the enemy in the back. I mean, putting it realistically.

I really hoped we would work on restoring all of Karabakh first but I guess if Armenia wants a Round 2, who are we to deny them?

On one hand, I understand not wanting to provoke open war against Russia, on the other hand you really need to fling a few missiles their way in order to keep your street cred. I mean, if Russia can throw bombs and then say "oopsie, didn't know you were there", Turkey can do the same pretty...

So is it safe to say that the Taliban has basically won at this point? I'm not saying this as taking their side necessarily but from an objective viewpoint, the Kabul government are, pardon my French, completely screwed. Funniest thing is that one of the Ottoman ministers at one point actually...

It's not, it's just antagonizing all of Europe for zero benefit. We may talk trash about some Western European nations here but Turkey does have solid connections in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as alliances that do not exist with Iran, who is actively hostile to Turkey. Besides, they...

I kind of find it weird to paint almost all of the Indian subcontinent with the "former Hindu" brush because Hinduism, from my admittedly limited reading, didn't really evolve into a unified religion from what were separate teachings until fairly recently. That was more of a Pakistani own goal...

Very well, I won't say anymore. "Protect" was probably the wrong word to use, let's just say they are a useful ally to Pakistan. My only point was that you may be biased somewhat in this matter because of your nationality and your country's relation to India and lack of any particular ethnic...

You are Pakistani my friend, you have your own reasons to defend China's actions because they protect you from India. But no, it's not slander. Reports have come out already about Uyghurs getting "removed". China would absolutely demand such a thing. You only need to pay attention to how China...

Of course you can. Deport them and if they try to return, shoot them. Good enough for Greece, good enough for Turkey. And the EU doesn't want them. Sometimes, you don't get what you want. These people think there's hope because there's no firm controls in place. To take the example of a border...

The US Capitol building has plagues of 23 notable historical figures who laid down legal principles that underpin US law. Suleiman the Magnificent is one of them. He's digging his own grave at this point. Selling Uyghurs to China is apparently fine but illegal migrants are too precious to...

Just shove them back into Iran. Iran keeps doing it to Turkey, see how they like it.

No big loss. Do you really want Turkey to lose its sovereignty to the whims of some bureaucrats in Brussels? Turkey is already being used as the gatekeeper of Europe, the last thing it needs is to become a slave to the EU. Norway was smart enough not to join because they read the subtext and...

I like Nuland pretending like they'd remove the sanctions even if Turkey gave away the S-400s tomorrow. Or re-admit Turkey into the F-35 program again.

Mod edit: Inappropriate language omitted. Kargu is nothing too advanced. It's a basic swarm suicide drone, Israel and the US have been exporting stuff like that for years and I doubt Turkish stuff is much better than theirs. And if you're referring to the Libyan "terminator AI hunting humans on...